## GIFTS RECEIVED

| Name | Date gift received | From | Description of Gift | Outcome | |-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------| | Rupert Harrison | Nil return | | | | | Poppy Mitchell-Rose | 11 March 2011 | The Royal Mint | Olympic series coins| Retained by the Department | | Eleanor Shawcross | 11 March 2011 | The Royal Mint | Olympic series coins| Retained by the Department | | Ramesh Chhabra | Nil return | | | | | William de Peyer | Nil return | | | | | Julia Goldsworthy | Nil return | | | |

1 Gifts should normally be refused or returned where staff have direct involvement in decisions affecting the giver or where they are worth more than about £25. Where a gift above the £25 threshold cannot be refused or returned without damaging relations, officials should inform their Human Resources Business Partner and line manager, who will decide whether to return the gift to the official, offer the official the option of paying for it or reciprocating from their own pocket, use it for the department of otherwise dispose of it.

## HOSPITALITY RECEIVED

| Date of hospitality | Name of organisation | Type of hospitality received | |---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------| | **Rupert Harrison and Ramesh Chhabra** | | | | 17 January 2011 | BBC | Lunch | | 24 January 2011 | Daily Mail | Lunch | | 22 February 2011 | Telegraph | Lunch | | 31 March 2011 | The Sun and Daily Mail | Lunch | | **William de Peyer** | | | | 4 February 2011 | Channel 4 | Lunch | | 29 March 2011 | Diageo | Dinner | | **Rupert Harrison** | | | | 1 February 2011 | Financial Times | Lunch | | 18 February 2011 | Guardian | Lunch | | **Ramesh Chhabra** | | | | 27 January 2011 | Lloyds TSB | Lunch | | 1 February 2011 | Il Sole 24 | Lunch | | 15 February 2011 | Mail on Sunday | Lunch | | 24 February 2011 | Telegraph | Lunch | | 1 March 2011 | Daily Mail | Lunch | | 2 March 2011 | Telegraph and Daily Mail | Dinner |

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1 Does not include hospitality below £10, attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; attendance at ‘diplomatic’ functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; hospitality from individuals the official may know in both an official and personal context, where it is clear that they are offering the hospitality at their personal expense and it is the official’s clear intention to reciprocate at the official’s personal expense, offers of hospitality which were declined.